Oregon NRCS has developed a GIS-based Threatened and Endangered (TE) Species Tool which can provide a list of federal and state listed and proposed species and their critical habitats as well as Essential Fish Habitat for areas a planner delineates in the platform. Find it here.

Job approval authority (JAA) ensures the competency of NRCS employees and partner employees to plan, design, and install conservation practices and associated enhancements. Find Oregon's JAA bulletin and helpful resources here.

Find information here on conservation planning assistance and the process to achieving the conservation planner designation levels and specializations. 

Learn more about how to collaborate with NRCS here.

State Technical Committees serve in an advisory capacity to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the implementation of the natural resources conservation provisions of Farm Bill legislation. Learn more about Oregon's Technical Advisory Committee here.
 

Technical guides are the primary scientific references for NRCS. They contain technical information about the conservation of soil, water, air, and related plant and animal resources. Find Oregon's electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG) here.

The National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) is a nationwide partnership of Federal, regional, State, and local agencies and private entities and institutions. Learn more and sign up for email updates here.

Learn more about Oregon's Instruction to designate a GPS-GNSS coordinator for the state and to outline the use of GPS-GNSS in Oregon.